La Hire, Laurent de


La Hire, Laurent de, La Hire also spelled LA HYRE (b. Feb. 27, 1606, Paris, Fr.--d. Dec. 28, 1656, Paris), French Baroque classical painter whose best work is marked by gravity, simplicity, and dignity.
[Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1994]
Photographs by Carol Gerten-Jackson.
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